On behalf of the UK, we will not be explaining or indeed apologising for any of this 😂

@meowwww9275

11 ай бұрын

You forgot to end with "Good day Sir".

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

😂

@Bosspigeon230

11 ай бұрын

Beer, beer explains a lot of this.

@spoonunit03

11 ай бұрын

Hear hear. Well said old chap. :) p.s. This statement must be made in a Captain Mannering style and begin with, 'Now look here'. :)

@oddpoppetesq.3467

11 ай бұрын

I've cheered on most of them, we are British, we are strange and we are crazy... Atherstone says it all, Impo. One game I've always wanted to do, alongside cheese rolling, but I'm "too chicken" as us Brits say 🤷🤣🤣🤣

I won the local Gurning competition this year! No one was more shocked than me as I was unaware this competition was taking place.

@paulguise698

11 ай бұрын

Hiya Dukey, did you win at Egremont, Cumbria?

@ericatkinson9285

11 ай бұрын

Got me laughing that

@kathchandler4919

11 ай бұрын

ha ha ha 😂

@Jobladesuck

11 ай бұрын

😂 where did you buy the giant black pudding? 😂

@darrenfearon4288

11 ай бұрын

You should of showed us your shocked face when you won 😅🤣😂

You missed out the sport of Ferret-Legging, in which men put live ferrets down their trousers and compete with each other to see who can keep them there the longest. And yes, I'm not joking.

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

omg noooo 😂

@monkee1969

11 ай бұрын

Cheese chasing wasn't here either.

@ShaneWalta

11 ай бұрын

​@@monkee1969she literally mentioned it in the video, saying she'd already done a video specifically for cheese rolling

@kathchandler4919

11 ай бұрын

@monkee1969 now that really is dangerous, it's a really steep hillside they chase that huge round of cheese down !

@spoonunit03

10 ай бұрын

@@ShaneWalta Ah yes, but is cheese chasing the same as cheese rolling? :)

I was born, bred and buttered in Henley on Thames. Never mind the Regatta, which is for toffs, the highlight of our year was the Whitsun Pram Race. Two men. One dressed as a baby. One dressed as a mother. Caricature obviously. A classical carriage pram was very necessary. A number of pubs were chosen to form a course. At the start, the baby drank half a pint in the pub. Then climbed in the pram. The mother pushed the pram to the next pub and had half a pint. Then changed places with the baby. And so on. Remember, this is a race. Maybe 20 or so teams. Six or seven pubs. The chaos was brilliant.

@josephturner7569

11 ай бұрын

Sadly long gone. Not enough pubs now. What's left have turned into wine bars and the police, who closed the local police station, got the ump.

@ruk2023--

11 ай бұрын

We had the Knaresborough bed race up in Yorkshire. It's still a thing.

@alansalter1836

11 ай бұрын

That's brilliant 👏

@mehallica666

11 ай бұрын

​@@josephturner7569Bloody wine bars!!!

@catherinerobilliard7662

9 ай бұрын

I watched such a pram race in Shapwick, Dorset. The pubs were essential stops, for participants and viewers alike.

You mentioned Cheese Rolling, but there is also Wife Carrying, Tar Barrel Racing, Pancake Tossing, Cornish Hurling, Lymm Duck Race, the Worls Stone Skimming Championships, the World Conker Championship, the Poohsticks Champioship, the Man V Horse Marathon, Tin Bath Racing, Snail Racing, the World Gravy Wrestling Championship, the International Birdman Competition and Worm Charming to name a few more.

@ignatiuskhan

11 ай бұрын

What about Football?

@hairyairey

11 ай бұрын

I thought the wife carrying belongs to a Scandinavian nation, we just host a national round. Doesn't have to be your own wife either, but it's hard work!

@ignatiuskhan

11 ай бұрын

@@hairyairey I've seen wife carrying in Finland

@hairyairey

11 ай бұрын

@@ignatiuskhan I think that's where the finals are, couldn't quite remember which country.

@chrisaskin6144

11 ай бұрын

You forgot Nurr and Spell.

Wellie throwing is usually called Wellie Wanging and appears to have originated in the West Country of England in the 1970s, and rapidly became a popular activity at village fêtes and fundraising events across Britain. The sport is now played in many countries, including Australia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and Russia. Depending on local custom, different rules are applied to the sport. In parts of Somerset, for example, the boot is filled with water before being thrown. Some competitions allow a run up before releasing the boot, while others require the throw to be made from a standing position-which may be enforced by making the thrower stand in an empty dustbin. In Welbury, North Yorkshire, the size of the boot thrown must be large enough to comfortably fit the foot of the thrower. There's also the English game of dwile flonking (also dwyle flunking) is an East Anglian pub sport, involving two teams of twelve players, each taking a turn to dance around the other while attempting to avoid a beer-soaked dwile (cloth) thrown by the non-dancing team. "Dwile" is a knitted floor cloth, from the Dutch dweil, meaning "mop", with the same meaning in East Anglian dialect, and "flonk" is probably a corruption of flong, an old past tense of fling.

I’ve long said that shin kicking is the responsibility of all citizens of voting age. All politicians, no matter which party, no matter whether from right wing or left, regardless of country, need to be kicked in the …um .. shins. HARD. To remind them that they aren’t the boss and that they work for the people who elected them, not the rich and entitled

@gbentley8176

11 ай бұрын

That was a very good school sport in the fifties, pleased to see it is thriving today.

Where I was born (Newport Pagnell) as part of the yearly summer carnival there used to be a wheelbarrow race where men would push their wives between a course of 12 pubs in town and they would have to drink a pint in each one. Old towns have crazy competitions that have developed over many hundreds of years, it's just what happens away from the big cities.

In these times when mainstream sports are dominated by commercial interests, it is reassuring that we have retained these traditional sports where anyone can compete and that are very much rooted in a strong local community.

I loved how you said the word Gloucester. The letter U is silent, so you pronounce it Gloster.

@hairyairey

11 ай бұрын

The u, c and e are silent. Try Happisburgh if you want some fun...

@exsandgrounder

11 ай бұрын

Oh I say it the same way despite knowing the “proper” pronunciation

My Mum took part in Wellie Throwing at my Parent/Teacher Sports Day once where she managed to release it backwards into the crowd of spectators. This was over forty years ago and we've never let her forget it. They never held the event again either...

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Oh my god 😂 I love it

@chairmanmeow8388

10 ай бұрын

It's called welly wanging

@spoonunit03

10 ай бұрын

Probably because the Health & Safety bods got involved after that incident!... :)

@composimmonite3918

10 ай бұрын

Welly whanging! Not welly throwing!

Can't believe you missed the English game of dwile flonking, it's an East Anglian pub sport, involving two teams of twelve players, each taking a turn to dance around the other while attempting to avoid a beer-soaked dwile thrown by the non-dancing team 😂😂😂

@mistycrom

11 ай бұрын

I'm 43 and have always lived in England and in all honesty, I thought you just made that up - the words especially - to troll non Brits. That's hilariously, delightfully stupid.

@YvonneWilson312

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely second that - it's hilarious to watch, used to be a regular event years ago. The dwile was held in an old chamber pot in between the flonking!

@davebirch1976

11 ай бұрын

@@mistycrom the best way to describe it is extreme Morris dancing 😆

@ianpark1805

11 ай бұрын

Baffles me as to why it’s not an Olympic sport. Along with Rhubarb Thrashing.

@davebirch1976

11 ай бұрын

@@ianpark1805 I can just imagine it "now lets go live to the Dwile Flonking Arena" 🤣

There's an expression mothers say to kids: 'Don't pull faces like that, the wind might change and you'll be stuck like that!'

I've taken part in the stinging nettle competition, they're a bit "spicy" if you don't keep your mouth moist, but after a while they're pretty fine, they're very bitter. The moisture from water or cider/lager usually takes the sting off the nettle so its safe. Back in the past people used to make teas from nettle leaves which tastes quite nice

@BigAndTall666

2 ай бұрын

Stinging nettle soup is a spring dish here in Dk😂❤

@pwblackmore

2 ай бұрын

Contrary to Alanna's recollection, nettles are found in Canada. At least on the West Coast. We make lasagna with them - I call them 'Indian spinach' (not PC)... the top 4 leaves, cooked, are a bit bitter and slightly gritty - but tasty.

@nicolascarey6330

Ай бұрын

Nettle Beer is also a thing, what a suprise. If you are cooking them , pick them young.@@pwblackmore

I live in ottery st mary where the run flaming tar barrels through the street. Only been once as it was terrifying! My sons still come back from across the country to "see the barrels" as it is world famous and deeply cherished by the locals. The insurance is beyond astronimical posxibly due to a few nasty accidents. The marshalls dont take prisoners. As kids can do it i think from a very young age ?7 or 10,, I was most freaked out when they came home from school the day after and proudly announced "x burnt off all the hair on the back of his head and b has got burns on the back of his neck! " Only true Ottregians would understand 😅

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Oh my, that's incredible!

@robhayward2655

10 ай бұрын

Never have you seen a crowd that looked like it totally jammed a street, part so rapidly when someone is charging with a flaming barrel.

Imagine a lot of these happened at the old country fairs between farming communities & villages! No telly back then, had to make your own entertainment! Thanks Alanna! 🙏🙏

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Great point! Love that they still do them

Another one down here in Dorset is knob tossing at the annual Knobfest, a Dorset Knob is a kind of biscuit, you grab a Knob and see how far you can toss it. There is also the legendary, often brutal and ancient Atherstone Ball game.

@geoffpoole483

9 ай бұрын

Most of the sports in this video were pretty tame, with the exception of the shin kicking. The Atherstone ball game is on another level.

The whole Knaresborough, Harrogate Ripon , Pateley Bridge area is stunningly beautiful.

I've had a go at Welly Throwing and it is surprisingly difficult because the whole thing is out of balance. Our Town use to have Pram racing where one person male or female would dress as the Mother and the other the Baby. Then race and drink at what was then the 10 Pubs in the Town along the roads. Once it stopped bringing an event like that back is totally impossible due to modern day insurance. It use to raise Thousands of pounds for Cancer research for the 22 year period it lasted.

These gurners' parents clearly never told them that if the wind changes, they'll stay like that. And if you think these are fun, wife carrying is worth looking into. And Finland has the funniest one of the lot - the Air Guitar World Championships!

Fun video! When you said bog snorkeling, for some reason I pictured the toilet diving scene from Trainspotting…

Here in Cheshire we have an annual pancake race where people toss pancakes whilst running with a frying pan. It is taken very seriously! (By the way it's Gloss-ter)

Born and raised in Old Windsor, every Christmas there was the barrel rolling race. 2 teams, 1 beer barrel each, race between The Lord Nelson and The Bells of Ouzely pubs using the village back roads)

Still time to attend the black pudding throwing. Its on 10th September and Rammy is a nice place to visit.

The best way to do a shin kicking competition is to for the competitors to take turns. You go first, kicking your opponent as hard as you possibly can, then walk away saying “I give up, you win”

Mother nature provides its own antidote to nettle stings. Usually, within the vicinity of nettles a large broad leafed plant called Dock (coincidentally) grows. Tearing a few Dock leaves off and rubbing the area you've been nettled with them can produce some relief.

@chrisplant7273

10 ай бұрын

Actually Docks ascorbate the problem because they are also histamine containing plants. Definitely NOT to be used against nettles.

Isle of Man TT Motor Cycle race! You might think, how surprising can it be, surely just motorcycles racing. But there's a reason it doesn't take place anywhere else!

I was disqualified from the wellie throwing competition as my wife was still wearing it. When I exclaimed where in the rules does it say no one should be in the wellie when it's thrown, it was on page 1, rule 1.

I was born and lived in the UK for 36 years. I had no idea of some of these competitions. Thanks Alana for giving me something new to learn today ♥️😁😁

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@steveosborne2297

11 ай бұрын

The worrying thing is that I knew them all . Although the only thing I have tried is the welly throwing otherwise known as Welly Wanging.

@ShaneWalta

11 ай бұрын

I'm always surprised when people miss the Atherstone ball game, and the tar barrel race on bonfire night in Ottery St Mary

@iank-dz6gg

10 ай бұрын

You need to get out more

In Gawthorpe, West Yorkshire, there is a coal carrying championship every year. It happens annually on Easter Monday. It involves running over a kilometre uphill, with a 50kg sack of coal and began 60 years ago as a bet in a pub. It's men, women and children that are involved and it is a real test of strength and stamina. I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of videos out there - just type Gawthorpe Coal Race.

@robertwilloughby8050

11 ай бұрын

And I live a mile from there! Saw quite a few in my youth.

Alanna,you've missed Kent's very own World Custard Pie throwing championship

I'm pretty sure that in most cases the story begins with "so one day when it was raining heavily outside, a group of men were stuck in the pub feeling bored..." Robot Wars was the same thing in principle. Silly, requiring community effort, and taken much too seriously.

Hi Alanna, you should check out the International Birdman Competition😎 As much as I love listening to your accents and pronunciation of british place names, I thought I'd help you out a tad. Gloucester is pronounced........ Gloss-ter Knaresborough is pronounced.........nairs-brah I noticed you didn't attempt the place in Wales😆 Great video, looking forward to part 2.

They all seem a good idea in the pub but then you have to follow them through which usually means incorperating a pub crawl into the event so everybody is happy

I used to work with a guy who was not only the World Flat Cap chucking champion but also held the World record.

I remember that gurning champ, as a kid I tried to copy him and my mum told me to stop or my face will be stuck like that (maybe it did in the end, I can’t tell). We did welly throwing at school sports day. I once let go of the welly far too late and it landed on my team behind me 😭😭💀 This was hilarious, Alanna. Absolutely loved it. Cheers!

@grahvis

11 ай бұрын

I remember being told if you pulled a face and the wind changed, your face would stay that way

@naitchb16

11 ай бұрын

@@grahvis YES! My mum definitely told me that too 😂🥴

You didn't mention the Maldon mud race! It's held every year at Maldon in Essex. Yes, where the Maldon sea salt comes from. Great video.

I feel like the majority of these games originated from drunken shenanigans lol 🍻

@PeleRana-pp6zc

11 ай бұрын

Very likely or just sheer boredom on a cold winters day😂😂

@totallybored5526

10 ай бұрын

@@PeleRana-pp6zcthat is why we started drinking, which lead to the birth of many, many legends

The really weird thing is that, the inside of your mouth is totally immune to nettles. So if you're able to get them through your lips without them touching, you won't get stung. I really don't know how it works but you can eat nettles with impunity as long as nothing on the outside of your body touches them.

@terryhayward7905

11 ай бұрын

Also, if you pinch a nettle leaf, you will not get stung, it is worst when you brush lightly against them.

Canada has the CFL (Canadian Football League) which is awesome to watch...🏈🇨🇦

Just for your info, on the same day as the cheese rolling every year there is also the Tetbury Woolsack Races. A wool sack full of sheep’s fleas’s and there’s a course through the village of Tetbury (near Princess Anne place ) down the hill and back up again. This is to simulate the efforts of the workers of years ago who, when the local flocks were sheered by hand had to take the sacks of wool to be weighed. The whole village is opened with stalls etc. all the pubs are open all day - Of Course! The competitors come from around the area but also further afield. I’ve even seen a team of Ghurkas take part. It is very strenuous work carrying all that weight and they ha smaller sacks for youngsters to have a go. Oh! One more thing a traditional name of throwing a wellington used to be called “Welly Wanging”. Also near the end of the month it is the Tewkesbury ancient battle re-enactment with jousting, sword fighting oh and cider and beer drinking of course.

@johncartwright8154

10 ай бұрын

Sheep's fleas? Knowing of the strength of fleas, a sackful could carry the runner, not the other way round!

@thatonebritishidiot3037

2 ай бұрын

@@johncartwright8154 I think they meant fleece's

I once stayed at a hotel in the UK and one evening the only thing on TV was lawn bowling. I had never seen lawn bowling before. I didn't know lawn bowling was so exciting!

@Elwaves2925

11 ай бұрын

My Grandad was into that and used to take me along to his club during summer holidays. Turned out I was something of a natural and got to play in a number of their competitions. I was lucky enough to be in the winning team twice, once with one of the last two winning bowls. It can get very tense at times and they were a very nice and welcoming group of people. 🙂

@tonys1636

11 ай бұрын

Crown green or flat?

@Elwaves2925

11 ай бұрын

@@tonys1636 If you're asking me then it was flat green bowls.

@Pat14922

11 ай бұрын

I know people who enter competitions with the aim to be knocked out early, so they have longer to drink beer

@Elwaves2925

11 ай бұрын

@@Pat14922 If you aim to fail, you succeed.

These are so delightful and wholesome. Excellent and thank you for covering these.

A couple of Scottish examples, Haggis Hurling and the Glen Nevis airbed race.

I love the earnestness of all the competitors saying, it’s not just this, it’s so much more! 😂😂😂

Ah yes, Gurning. Not widely practiced, but quite well known. The "horse collar" is locally called a braffin in Cumbria. So the competition is officially "Gurning through a Braffin" - Tim

Have you come across the ba’ game in Orkney? It’s played in Kirkwall, the island capital, at Christmas and New Year. It’s a mass participation ball game played by just about every man in town with a goal at either end of town- the goal scorer (and there is only one goal) gets local celebrity status until the next game. I think it’s also played in the island’s second town, Stromness, too.

I like the new visual format with you in the circle for this kind of sharing video. Great 👍🏼

The River Nidd at Knaresborough is a lot of things: quite wide, reasonably deep, often cold, but it certainly isn't fast running. You only have to see video of the rowing boats gliding sedately along it, to realise the stretch that runs through Knaresborough is calm if nothing else.

Well Alanna, who said that the British don't know how to have fun. How about brining all these events together in one place next year and organizing the 2024 Adventures & Naps alternative Olympics, it would sell out. 😀

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

😂 I take no responsibility for injuries!

@howardkey1639

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps 🤣🤣🤣

In Chester we have the dragon raft race. It's like the bed race but all on the river Dee and we use water cannon and flour on each other. Less of a race, more of a war.

Hi, Alanna, that was great fun. I hope you get the copyright thing sorted out, you did plenty of commentary so you should be ok. I think next year you should be entering the bed race. I hope everyone agrees. Fingers crossed you're enjoying Canada and are staying well.

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏

Wales and New Zealand are 2 of the most similar places that couldnt be further apart, apparently having 4 seasons in one day (and all) is really good for breeding sheep.

@omniglot

11 ай бұрын

There are slightly fewer volcanos in Wales though.

Can't forget James Acaster's description of the Squirt competition held in his hometown near Christmas, iirc.

@jdp

11 ай бұрын

YESS! I came here to reference exactly that, so glad I'm not the only one! I'm off to watch it again now, it has me in stitches every time.

There was a good TV show from about 10-15 years ago called "Rory & Paddy's Great British Adventure" it's where 2 Guys(Rory McGrath & Paddy McGuinness travel around the UK actually playing, and going into the history of many of these crazy things we call Games. There's 2 series of the show well worth checking them out

Hi, Alanna FYI Egremont Crab Fair 2023 (Egremont is about as far from Kent as you can go and still be in England !) The fun starts on Friday September 15th at 5pm on the Main Street with stalls, amusements and the ever-popular Dancing in the Street. The fun continues on Saturday 16th September with events from 9am on the Main Street featuring stalls, street entertainers, stage acts and a classic vehicle display as well as the traditional riding of the boundary on horseback, climbing the greasy pole and the parade of the apple cart where apples are distributed to the assembled crowds. The climax of the Crab Fair happens on Saturday evening from 6pm in Egremont Market Hall featuring local entertainers, a junior talent competition, traditional horn blowing and hunting/comic songs and then the world-famous gurning competitions for juniors and seniors, with the winners of the senior competitions being crowned the World Gurning Champion.

@hairyairey

11 ай бұрын

Berwick upon Tweed is definitely further! But it'll be as far north west as you can get

I'd love to see more of this sort of video from you 😀

I love things like this, that towns run. One I always love going to is Surbiton Ski Sunday, where instead of skiing on snow, they put some vinyl on a slope, throw fairy liquid on it, and strap blocks of ice to your feet (or thrown you down in a bathtub for the 'luge' event). Always some spectacular falls to be seen! They also have 'bread golf', where they use expired dough balls to try and get into the hole - which is a tin on a barge on the Thames - while trying to avoid the rowers!

When I was a kid there used to be an elver eating competition. Elvers are baby eels and they would appear in the River Severn in huge numbers at a certain time of year.

Oh the memories! I haven't done welly-wanging since I was a kid. Pro tip, don't try to discuss it when you've had a few. The words have a propensity to come out very wrong 😆. Great video, thanks for sharing! 🥰. Oh, P.s It's Gloss-tur not glauw-ster lol. Good attempt tho! 10/10 for effort 🙏🙏

We did wellie throwing at my niece’s wedding. It was fun 😊. In Conwy they used to have a plastic duck race every year, not sure if it’s still on or not. Nature is very good and usually grows dock leaves near nettles so if you’re stung again, rub a dock leaf on it.

@RobG001

11 ай бұрын

Yep,, actually works well, and very quickly as well, as I found out last week. :)

Hi Alanna Yep you've missed ( Coopers Hill ) annual cheese rolling contest only recently back ( H & S issues ) Numerous video clips on You Tube. Enjoy

I really enjoyed this new style of video! Looking forward to the next one 😊😊😊

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

I've done wellie-wanging and horseshoe-tossing. Never quite plucked up the courage for the cheese-rolling, though - it's terrifying enough to watch it close up! You can practise for the gurning competitions by getting some pictures of church gargoyles and a mirror.

I'm an American living in the US, and I've never heard of gurning before today. I'm quite fascinated.😂

@atorthefightingeagle9813

11 ай бұрын

That Tommy fella that won it so many times actually met the Queen and was gurning through a horse collar for the duration.

Did you include sitting in a bath full of baked beans. It's done for charity, and the winner is the one who can stay the longest. Its popular with fundraisers who don't like marathons.

haha Sorry Alana but your pronouncing of Knaresborough had me in stitches. Coincidentally, I have done the bog snorkelling for a friend's stag weekend. And yes it also was raining. Go on, give it a go and we would love to watch the video of you doing the bog snorkelling.

Another great video Alanna, & your impressions cracked me up !😂👍

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Yay, thank you!

Your taking the piss out off accents is the most British thing you can do. Brilliant, your more English than Canadian…😂

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

😂

@iank-dz6gg

10 ай бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps nairs-bah- ra

@LG-cz6ls

10 ай бұрын

@@iank-dz6gg Glauc-sher

I think this was a really good idea you had, the fact it was a reaction rather than showing what is available here, very well done :)

As soon as this started I hoped gurning was here and it was the first one. There used to be an 80's TV show called That's Life which always featured stuff like this. I get and like your newsletter and I also loved Silo. They're doing a season 2 as well, so that's good news. 🙂

Alanna, as usual you humourously highlight one of the UK's greatest strengths - its ability to laugh at its own eccentricity! However, Canada is not lacking in strange competitions: Nanaimo Bathtub Race, the Annual Ironing Race (incl underwater ironing), the Winnipeg Beard Growing Competition, etc. BC even has its own version of England's cheese rolling race. 😂

Albert Turner, the champion gurner Will enter no more shows By sheer bad luck, his jaw got stuck And bit off half his nose ©Me, August 1995

You’re an absolute delight, you’ve gained a new subscriber

Thanks Alanna! I ♥ seeing you react to these unique events. Is there a taste test video coming up 😀

I love how you say "North Yorkshire" with a perfect Kent accent!

Ah got to love a good, wacky competition. Some of those do look fun & may have to try & wrangle some friends in. When I first saw the cider farm sign I was thinking drinking completion, yes please but nettles? No thank you had enough bad experiences with them. Great fun video

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Ashers! ☺️

Thank you very much for teaching. Have fun 👍

The Cheese rolling/ chasing is where it's at. It's peak sport for us where we don't have to worry about the injuries due to the NHS!

Well that was fun - especially your reactions!. Your attempt at gutning showed real promise, Alana - a future champion perhaps! Haha 😜😉😅😅

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

I gotta go next year!!

@mickyfinn1948

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps I'll be there, cheering you on! haha 😂😂

Hahaha love it....Happy belated Canada 🇨🇦 day. Hope you had an awesome time with family and friends :)

Once again.... Great Fun... Thanks for sharing. 🙂

I've been a subscriber to your channel since pretty much when you started it off and moved to the UK and I must say, when you said 'look at that' in the wellie 'wanging' bit, you sounded properly English 😅 keep going, love your content still

Nettles are supposed to be one of the most nutritious/healthiest plants in the world. Also, there's a variety of nettles that don't sting, so maybe these are what's being used for the eating competition.

@VeeSeven700

11 ай бұрын

Random but... Hold stinging nettles over a campfire for a few seconds until they wilt. Then they're nice!

@daveturnbull7221

11 ай бұрын

Nope, they are the standard UK stinging nettle and there are strict rules to stop folks lining their mouths so they don't get stung.

@daveturnbull7221

11 ай бұрын

@@VeeSeven700 I cook them as an alternative to spinach.

In before Alanna announces she’s in training for the international welly-throwing tourney! 👢👢👢👢🏆🏆🏆🏆

@avaggdu1

11 ай бұрын

The official term is 'welly-wanging', at least it was when I was a kid in the 70's.

Knaresborough: Well worth a visit if you ever happen to be up there Alanna, and also the setting for "A Very British Christmas" - one of my perennial two-hanky Seasonal favourites!

It's all about keeping community adhesion.

Someone needs to make a computer game featuring all these sports 😄

@alansalter1836

11 ай бұрын

Wouldn't that be great its what makes us

Oh Alanna, I knew from the title that you were going down a dark hole there girl. The Brits love their crazy ideas, it was only a matter of time before the craziness became a sport and as with most things British, it has a long history attached to it😂😂😂

@Greenwood4727

11 ай бұрын

we have to be crazy to be as sane as we are

Every Englishman over the age of 30 shouted out loud "GURNING!" as soon as we saw the still of the hands around the horse collar at 0:40

Looking forward to seeing your entry for the gurning comp next year 😀😀

@AdventuresAndNaps

11 ай бұрын

Can't wait!

If there was a World Cup for eccentricities we would be champions we are as mad as a box of frogs 🐸

I suppose there are loads of weird competitions like this all over the world, but I believe most places can't hold a candle to Britain 😂 I just heard about a hay bale race the other day... which is a fancy dress pub crawl with a hay bale as far as I can tell. Honestly, I'd love to see any one of these!

@davidjones332

11 ай бұрын

That's the Oxenhope Straw Race in West Yorkshire. Given Alanna's predilection for the falling down water I really think she would enjoy that one....

Tye bed race reminds me of Paddle Round The Pier in Brighton - but that's in a home made boat and in the sea.

We've just had the annual straw race in Oxenhope (nr Keighley {"Keethly"}) West Yorkshire. It involves men & women carrying a straw bale through the village, calling at the pubs on the way (you can see a pattern in most of these sports can't you? 🙄). There's also a wife-carrying race somewhere. We Brits have a reputation to uphold here y'know!

When the Hobbits go, they really go. And Gandelf hasn't even arrived yet with the fireworks.

What about 'The World Custard Pie Throwing Championships'. This takes place in the village of Coxheath, just south of Maidstone, Kent. I think you will have to wait for next year now; this year's event has already taken place.

You missed, the most dangerous! Flaming barrel race. Flaming barrels of tar race through village streets on Bonfire Night, in Ottery st Mary, East Devon. This has been going for centuries.

my favourite is the Great British Christmas Pudding Contest at Covent Garden in December.

winner of cutest Gurning expression 😁🍺 When it comes to fun silly competitions around the world, thank you Canada for the Red Green Regatta!